Isaiah 8:1-4
1599 Geneva Bible
8 1 The captivity of Israel and Judah by the Assyrians. 6 The infidelity of the Jews. 9 The destruction of the Assyrians. 14 Christ the stone of stumbling to the wicked. 19 The word of God must be inquired at.
1 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a [a]great roll, and write it [b]with a man’s pen, Make speed to the spoil: haste to the prey.
2 Then I took unto me [c]faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the Priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3 After, I came unto the [d]Prophetess, which conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name, [e]Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
4 For before the [f]child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, he shall take away the riches of Damascus, and the spoil of Samaria, before the [g]King of Assyria.
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- Isaiah 8:1 That thou mayest write in great letters, to the intent it may be more easily read.
- Isaiah 8:1 Meaning, after the common fashion, because all men might read it.
- Isaiah 8:2 Because the thing was of great importance, he took these two witnesses, which were of credit with the people, when he set this up upon the door of the Temple, albeit Uriah was a flattering hypocrite, 2 Kings 16:11.
- Isaiah 8:3 Meaning, to his wife, and this was done in a vision.
- Isaiah 8:3 Or, make speed to the spoil: haste to the prey.
- Isaiah 8:4 Before any child be able to speak.
- Isaiah 8:4 That is, the army of Assyria.
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